By Victor Onimole / NM News Port / New Mexico will be spending more money on behavioral health services for youths starting this July as part of an effort to get at root causes of juvenile delinquency while trying to avoid youth incarceration. The Children, Youth and Families Department received more than $15 million dollars […]

Searchlight New Mexico asked seven prominent citizens and change-makers to weigh in on “The Road So Far,” the first group of stories in our yearlong series on the challenges children face growing up in our state. Why, we asked, given all the time and effort spent trying to improve the conditions for children over the […]

New Mexico’s future: To better understand the challenges and circumstances our children face, Searchlight New Mexico is spending a year visiting and profiling kids from every corner of the state. In this home, the Navajo language unlocks tradition and identity BY AMY LINN/ RAISING NEW MEXICO / Tyler Bennallie, 11, sprawls on the floor of […]

BY LAUREN VILLAGRAN /RAISING NEW MEXICO/ As other states and communities across the country expand preschool programs, they have run into a familiar stumbling block: How does a state expand education to younger children without losing federal Head Start dollars or hurting the business model of private child care providers? Oregon, Georgia and Washington, D.C. […]

Editor’s note: This article was first published on Searchlight New Mexico and has been republished with their permission. Minor style changes were made with permission. BY LAUREN VILLAGRAN /RAISING NEW MEXICO/ For almost 30 years, New Mexico has maintained an iron grip on the bottom rung of key rankings. Why is it that even when […]

Editor’s note: This article was first published on Searchlight New Mexico and has been republished with their permission. Minor style changes were made with permission. BY SARA SOLOVITCH /RAISING NEW MEXICO — THE ROAD SO FAR / Over the last two decades, New Mexico has turned its pockets inside out to keep old businesses from […]

Editor’s note: This article was first published on Searchlight New Mexico and has been republished with their permission. Minor style changes were made with permission. BY LAUREN VILLAGRAN /RAISING NEW MEXICO New Mexico ranks 49th in child well-being. Wonder what the state’s lawmakers are doing about it? We looked at 2,586 legislative ideas on kids […]

Editor’s note: This article was first published on Searchlight New Mexico and has been republished with their permission. Minor style changes were made with permission. BY LAUREN VILLAGRAN /RAISING NEW MEXICO — THE ROAD SO FAR The big idea — a plan to close the achievement gap between low- and upper-income students — jumped off the […]

This Week, Searchlight New Mexico, a nonprofit nonpartisan investigative news organization, launched its series, Raising New Mexico. We call on the state to give child well-being the highest priority – not just with talk but with effective action. This is the Editor’s Letter. One of the most damning things you can say about your home […]

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Kids, Communities & Politics: Our Focus for 2018

Through 2018 look for News Port to bring attention to local communities in our NM Voices series. We’ll also feature important coverage of child well-being through our Raising NM partnership. Plus, it’s a big election year and Political NM will be an active topic area. Also, we’ll continue reporting on Justice NM and Creative NM!

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